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Torque Wrench - 3/20/2007 11:59:35 PM   
daven



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Status: online 		I've looked at them several times, but never purchased one. I'm thinking about giving it a go, especially now that I will be moving to all new LS motors.

Has anyone seen or tried one of the Wiha brand torque wrenches? I see a lot of the Tork It type wrenchs, but I've always liked the quality of the Wiha stuff, and its not much more money. Plus they have some nice bit sets that would be nice to have.

The one I'm looking at has a torque range of 10 - 50 in/lbs and is adjustable in 2 in/lb increments. Comes with a calibration tool, and just looks like a nice unit. Should be good for both head bolts and glow plugs.

Heres a link:

http://www.wihatools.com/285vario_s.htm

Thoughts?



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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 12:53:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		how about this http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=hand&Group_ID=16437&store=snapon-store

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 1:32:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		I,m with RANIERY. Your not going to get any better than the best tools in the world (SNAP-ON) If you want to be the best you need to use the best.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 2:29:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's the one I use, bottom of page 5...

http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2351&page=5硩




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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 3:33:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Go to torkit.com John Snider sold me mine in 1995 and it was well worth it. Still works even after the exploding tool box.
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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 3:38:36 AM   
iamtom


 

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Status: offline 		Oh Yea. Model 36 for $94.95. It's identical to the Matco for $175.
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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/21/2007 4:26:27 AM   
daven



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Status: online 		Thanks Tom,

If it works for you, its good enough.

I'll get one ordered.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 1:20:09 AM   
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What are the torque settings for the heads and glow plugs on a Nelson. I was reading Darrol Cady's web site and it says to torque 11 inch-ounces for the head bolts and 33 inch-ounces for the glow plug. Does the torque wrench you suggest go that low? 1 inch-pound = 16 inch-ounces.

Here is a good torque measurement converter. http://www.srtorque.com/torqcon/tcio.html

Al

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 2:38:44 AM   
daven



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Status: online 		Thanks for the post Al, the one I was looking at only went down to 10 inch pounds. I guess 160 inch ounces would have been a bit too much.

I'm going with the torq it, unless someone says the more expensive Snap on / Matco wrenchs are superior.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 3:41:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is an inexpensive alternative - a used high quality tool off EBAY. I bought two a few years back and they work very well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/STURTEVANT-RICHMONT-2-30-IN-POUND-TORQUE-WRENCH_W0QQitemZ150106021379QQcategoryZ42265QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Another nice one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sturtevant-Richmont-Torque-Wrench-Hex-Bit-Driver_W0QQitemZ160100469145QQcategoryZ42265QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 3:49:58 PM   
daven



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now I'm confused, those are rated in inch / pounds.

Are we really looking to measure in inch / ounces or inch / pounds ??

I know this came up a while back, but I can't find it, or remember the answer.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 3:59:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dave,

In-lbs. is correct unit for what we do, NOT in-oz. Shadel uses 12 in-lbs. for head bolts, not sure about plugs.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 5:02:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		I thought you mechanical weenies had changed the convention to lb-ft and lb-in instead of ft-lb and in-lb.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 5:42:06 PM   
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Status: online 		I don't know about CHANGED convention but the proper convention is lb-ft and lb-in.

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RE: Torque Wrench - 3/29/2007 6:07:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think the original British Unit was "ft-lb", and was PC'ed to lb-ft to match up with the SI unit about 20 years ago.

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